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SGX Healthcare Stocks Raised USD 1 Billion in Last Five Years

05 September 2018

SGX has one of the world's most market-oriented and efficient suite of capital-raising processes for companies. The comprehensive suite of offerings includes IPOs, rights and bonus issues, stock splits and consolidations, private placements, as well as takeovers. From 2013 to 1H 2018, healthcare stocks on SGX raised a total of US$1 billion from 16 listings (total US$211 million raised), 25 equity placements and rights issues (total US$213 million raised), and nine bond listings (total US$550 million raised)

Taking Stock of Singapore’s Recent Manufacturing Growth

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17 August 2018

Singapore’s Manufacturing sector grew by a robust 10.2% YoY in 2Q18, extending the 10.8% YoY growth in 1Q18 and 10.1% YoY expansion in 2017. Manufacturing has been a keen driver of Singapore’s GDP growth which has been on trending higher since the end of 2015. ST Engineering, Yangzijiang Shipbuilding, Venture Corp, Sembcorp Marine and Haw Par Corp are amongst Singapore’s five biggest manufacturing plays excluding F&B manufacturing. Since the end of 2015, the five stocks have averaged a 51% total return.

DBS, OCBC & UOB Avg 22% 1HFY18 Net Profit Growth with Higher NIM

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07 August 2018

For their 1HFY18 DBS, OCBC & UOB have averaged YoY net profit growth of 22%. Combined, the three banks reported total income (pre allowances, expenses & taxes) of S$15.9 billion for the 1HFY18, up from $14.5 billion in 1HFY17. The three banks have averaged a total return of 3.3% in the 2018 YTD, with net institutional inflows of S$457 million over the first seven months of 2018. This brings their average annualised five year total returns to 9.2%.

Buyback Consideration at S$109M in July 2018, Led by 8 STI stocks

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01 August 2018

In the month of July 37 stocks repurchased 52 million shares/units for a total consideration of S$109 million. The buyback consideration was down 37% from S$174 million in June 2018 & up fourfold from S$27 million in July 2017. The 37 stocks included eight STI constituents - UOB, DBS, Yangzijiang, Keppel Corp, OCBC, ST Engineering, SATS & Sembcorp Industries; and made up as much as S$83 million, or 75%, of the S$109 million in consideration. The largest buyback consideration posted by a non-STI stock was again by Wing Tai Hldgs which bought back 5.6 million shares for a consideration of S$10.7 million.

5 Best-Performing SGX Small-Cap Consumer Stocks Average 26% YTD Return

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23 July 2018

There are nearly 200 companies listed on SGX that have a market cap range of S$100 million to slightly above S$2 billion. Based on classifications by the FTSE ST Index series, these stocks fall into the small-cap category. Within this universe of 200 small-cap stocks, around 50 are categorised to the Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples industries. The five best performers among these 50 consumer stocks in the YTD were: Japfa (+33.7%), BreadTalk (+31.4%), JB Foods (+27.8%), Sheng Siong (+19.9%), and Cortina (+18.6%). These five have averaged a total return of 26.3% over this period.

SGX’s 10 Largest Restaurants Stocks Offer Local & Overseas Exposure

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19 July 2018

Of the 13 Restaurant stocks listed on SGX, the 10 largest have a combined market capitalisation of close to S$2.0 billion. These SGX-listed Restaurant stocks provide investors opportunities to invest in overseas F&B markets through their expansion plans. Stocks such as BreadTalk Group, Jumbo Group and Japan Foods have outlined notable international expansion plans. The 10 largest Restaurants stocks have an average dividend payout ratio of 62.2% and average dividend yield of 2.5%.

FTSE ST Small Cap Index’s 5 Best-Performing Constituents Avg 36% YTD Return

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12 July 2018

The FTSE ST Small Cap Index comprises 65 constituents that average a market cap of S$750 million, ranging from S$103 million to S$2.6 billion. Beyond the Index are nearly 200 stocks listed on SGX that fall within this market cap range. In the YTD, the five best-performing Index constituents were: China Sunsine Chemical (+69.4%), BreadTalk (+40.9%), Japfa (+27.8%), Tianjin Zhongxin Pharma (+20.1%), and HRnetGroup (+19.1%). These five stocks averaged a +35.5% total return in the YTD, bringing their average 12-month total return to +28.6%.

Buyback Consideration at S$174M in June 2018, Led by 9 STI stocks

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02 July 2018

For the month of June 2018, 33 stocks repurchased 74.6 million shares for a total consideration of S$174.0 million. The buyback consideration was up 26% from S$137.9 million in May and the third highest reported monthly consideration since Sep 2015. The 33 stocks included nine STI constituents - CapitaLand, UOB, Keppel Corp, OCBC, SATS, Yangzijiang, Venture, SPH & Sembcorp Industries; which made up as much as S$155.4 million of the S$174.0 million consideration.

SGX Listed Supermarkets Generate 12% Defensive Performance in 2018 YTD

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19 June 2018

The two listed supermarket plays - Dairy Farm International and Sheng Siong Group have their average 2018 year-to-date total return of 12.3%. Dairy Farm International joined the MSCI Singapore Index effective 1 June. For the 2018 year through to 15 June, Dairy Farm International was the recipient of overall institutional net inflows totalling S$26.4 million while Sheng Siong Group was the recipient of net institution inflows of S$62.4 million. The five largest capitalised Restaurant stocks - BreadTalk, Kimly, Jumbo Group, Old Chang Kee and Japan Food Holdings have averaged year-to-date total return to 6.6%.

5 Stocks on the STI Bench Average 10% Gain Over Past 12-Month

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14 June 2018

The STI benchmark consists of the 30 largest and most active stocks traded on SGX. The next 5 largest and most active stocks make up the STI Reserve List. This list is used in the event 1 or more STI constituents are deleted before the next quarterly review. The current STI Reserve List stocks: Suntec REIT, Sembcorp Marine, Mapletree Commercial Trust, Keppel REIT & Mapletree Logistics Trust have averaged 10% total returns over the past 12 months, taking their average 5 year return to 29%.

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